I was never a big fan of Facebook, except as much as I’ll acknowledge that its the best of the various social networking sites out there. But as I have to sign in from time to time for social reasons, I start noticing things. For instance, I have 47 “friends” at Brandeis, and through them I am “connected” to an additional 5,395 people. Which, really, is probably about everyone to have attended Brandeis since Facebook was brought online there. 😉

In contrast, at Harvard I currently have *2* “friends” (one of whom is a carry-over from Brandeis), and through them, I am connected to 23,211 people.

Make of that what you will. I dunno, maybe it means I’m just way more popular at Harvard. Or maybe, ya know, the number is absolutely meaningless, which would lead one to wonder why the heck it is even displayed at all…